vCISO Pathway: From Analyst to CISO

📅 New date: we moved this session to Wednesday, November 18, same time (6 PM ET). See you there.

Every path we've walked this fall ends up in the same room: the one where somebody decides what a company spends on security, which risks it accepts, and how to explain all of it to people who don't speak cyber. That's the CISO's job.

A vCISO, or virtual CISO, does that job for companies that don't have or don't need a full-time one.

Tyrone enlisted in the Army in February 1996, has spent the 30 years since in IT and cybersecurity, and today runs a vCISO practice. Tonight he walks you through that road and what the job really looks like once you get there.

To everyone who served: thank you.

This one is network-wide. HQ in the DMV, Atlanta, and South Florida on the same call.

🎯 What We'll Cover

• What a CISO and a vCISO actually do, and how the two jobs differ
• The first 90 days with a new client: the assessment, the risk register, and the first report to leadership
• Translating risk for people who don't speak cyber
• How to get there from wherever you're starting, and the certs that matter (CISSP, CISM)

Hosted by Tyrone E. Wilson, founder of Cover6 Solutions, 30 years in IT and cybersecurity.

📺 Watch live on YouTube: https://youtu.be/stPyRMbLPko
📝 Get a head start: read the companion article on our blog before the session: https://www.cover6solutions.com/vciso-pathway/

▶️ Watch first: Security Manager Prep, the full free course https://youtu.be/SqFNRxSgz-M
🧭 Then the roadmap: https://www.cover6solutions.com/vciso-roadmap-2026/?utm_source=meetup&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=vciso-path&utm_content=community
🆓 Start the vCISO path free: https://www.cover6solutions.com/product/security-manager-prep-2/?utm_source=meetup&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=vciso-path&utm_content=community

• Not sure this is your path? Take the free career path assessment: https://www.cover6solutions.com/career-path/?utm_source=meetup&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=vciso-path&utm_content=community
• Prep for the certs on this path:
  • CISSP: https://www.cover6solutions.com/product/isc2-cissp-practice-exam/?utm_source=meetup&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=vciso-path&utm_content=community
  • CISM: https://www.cover6solutions.com/product/isaca-cism-practice-exam/?utm_source=meetup&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=vciso-path&utm_content=community

📬 Get The 6, our free cybersecurity career newsletter: https://www.cover6solutions.com/the6/
🔗 Every Cover6 link in one place: https://www.cover6solutions.com/links/

🎤 Want to speak at a future meetup? Give a talk or demo, or sit down for a live interview with Tyrone. Apply anytime (first-timers get a coach): https://sessionize.com/cover6community

🤝 Hiring entry-level security talent, or want your brand in front of people building into this field? Sponsorship and hiring conversations start at info@cover6solutions.com